Roy Schestowitz

• Planning Custom Aluminum Enclosures With #OpenSCAD https://hackaday.com/2021/12/26/planning-custom-aluminum-enclosures-with-openscad/    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:30:15

• A bad day https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/weekend-random-randomness-12-12-21-1.jpg    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:30:28

• "Normally it is not the business of clients to handle images. Instead, they should run whatever program is configured to open the MIME-type (unless it's something basic, like Gemtext or plain text)." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007733.html    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:30:50

• Pod::Thread 3.01 https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2021-12/003.html #perl #programming    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:31:05

• Very disappointing to see #BrodieRobertson shilling the sheisters from #duckduckgo (link omitted)... as he should know better. http://techrights.org/2021/03/15/duckduckgo-in-2021/ #ddg #microsoft    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:31:29

• 6502 Goes #FPGA (Again) | Hackaday https://hackaday.com/2021/12/26/6502-goes-fpga-again/    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:31:42

• #RaspberryPi Digital Signage FAQ https://www.binaryemotions.com/raspberry-digital-signage-faq/ #gnu #linux #freesw #binaryemotions    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:32:03

• Dr. #AndyFarnell shares his experiences from this past year; today we start with a short first part • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/26/2021-in-review-digital-vegan/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/26/2021-in-review-digital-vegan/   

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:32:46

• Best Free and #freesw Alternatives to #Apple Numbers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159580 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:52:44

• My Year as a Digital Vegan — Part I — 2021 in Review http://techrights.org/2021/12/26/2021-in-review-digital-vegan/ #techrights #privacy #covid19 #freesw #teaching    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:53:05

• Wine 7.0-rc3 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159582 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:53:21

• #NuTyX 21.10.12 available with cards 2.4.142 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159583 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:53:42

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159584 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:54:56

• #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159581 #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:55:08

• #OpenHardware : #RaspberryPi and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159585 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 22:55:18

• Techies Rejecting Fake or Misused Technological ‘Progress’ http://techrights.org/2021/12/26/fake-progress/ #freesw #gnu #linux    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 23:12:40

• #patentTrolls #extortion and #blackmail euphemised by #watchtroll again as merely "New IP Monetization Models" ("Will Rely Less on Litigation in 2022"). Like the Mafia not burning down your business, only threatening to... for 'protection money'    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 23:17:26

• This past week #watchtroll got less than a handful of comments, so you know the site continues to die. Now they try re-posting articles from 2 and 3 years ago to hide that!    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 23:21:24

• Crude revisionism by #JVVE regarding #G121 , omitting any mention of the #corruption ; JUVE became #EPO management's megaphone, helping people who break the law https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/top-10-patent-cases-of-the-year-2021/ see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 23:25:02

• #9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 26th, 2021 (Christmas Edition) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159586 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 23:33:04

• #cat https://imgur.com/t/cats/Bh6DvT1    

posted Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 23:50:59

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159587 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:01:53

• #Linux 5.16-rc7 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159588    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:02:23

• Sean Whitton: emacs-workstation-devel-builds https://spwhitton.name//blog/entry/emacs-workstation-devel-builds/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:06:16

• #Boston #FreeAssange Rally To Be Held Friday December 31 | If This Be Treason ⚓ http://ifthisbetreason.com/2021/12/boston-free-assange-rally-to-be-held-friday-december-31/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boston-free-assange-rally-to-be-held-friday-december-31 ䷉ #ifthisbetreason by @brideoflinux (nice site, subscribed yesterday over RSS)    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:07:26

• "The European Patent Convention sets out the system for European patents. Under the EPC, a patent application must designate an inventor." But #epo violates it every day. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/ai-cant-be-a-patent-inventor-european-appeal-board-says    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:11:31

• British university trolling or rick-rolling courts and #patent offices is a national shame/disgrace https://commbarmatters.com.au/2021/12/15/thaler-v-commissioner-of-patents/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:13:38

• Dealing with drunk systems https://www.mondaq.com/russianfederation/patent/1141668/firewater39-sparks-a-fiery-dispute-in-russia #Trademarks #Trademark #clcohol    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:15:28

• #EPO implicitly admits it violated the EPC for many years https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/legal-commentary/moving-the-boards-of-appeal-back-to-an-epo-building-is-a-walking-a-very-thin-line/ see http://techrights.org/2019/07/18/g-219-eba-epo/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:19:52

• #4MLinux Releases: 4MLinux 39.0 BETA released. • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159589 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:21:33

• Links 27/12/2021: Linux 5.16 RC7, Wine 7.0 RC3, #NuTyX 21.10.1, and 4MLinux 39.0 Beta • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/26/linux-5-16-rc7/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/26/linux-5-16-rc7/   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:31:16

• #Debian Contributors on emacs-workstation-devel-builds and Pod::Thread 3.01 (Perl) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159590 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:31:57

• Josh Bressers: Episode 303 – #Log4j Christmas Spectacular! http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158990?page=1#comment-32307   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:34:34

• Technological ‘progress’ that’s regressive and harmful to human rights is seeing a push-back from people whom the corporate/mainstream media would have you believe are enthusiastic supporters of, and who are moreover responsible for it http://techrights.org/2021/12/26/fake-progress/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 00:39:14

• German Media on Half a Decade of #EPO Appeals and ’Legal’ Hearings Held Unlawfully in #Haar • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/26/german-media-haar-question/ ䷉ #Techrights #de #germany | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/26/german-media-haar-question/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 01:31:05

• The #EPO Conflict Affects Everyone in #Europe and We Should Support #Patent Examiners, Who Are Also Victims of a Corrupt System (Besieged by Dictators Installed in a Systemic Coup d’État) • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/26/epo-class-conflict/ ䷉ #Techrights #Patents @zoobab | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/26/epo-class-conflict/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 02:40:21

• "have you heard rumblings of bad blood between #RedHat and #IBM employees?" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-261221.html#tDec%2026%2021:09:58   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 02:50:49

• #Nitrux 1.8 Released with the Latest Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159561#comment-32308   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 02:52:56

• "We have just released version 1.1.1 of the Foreign Data Wrapper for #InfluxDB ." https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/influxdb-fdw-111-released-2377/ #PostgreSQL #psql    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 02:54:28

• "We have just released #PGSpider v2.0.0." https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/high-performance-sql-cluster-engine-pgspider-200-released-2384/ #PostgreSQL #psql #postgres    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 02:55:23

• #LinuxDash out to #deletegithub https://unixcop.com/linux-dash-light-weight-system-performance-monitoring-tool/ #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Delete_Github    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 02:56:34

• The ‘Haar question’ was never answered; instead, the EPO’s management covers up the scandalous affairs by shifting/bringing the Boards back to Munich — at least on paper — in a short announcement before Christmas • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/26/german-media-haar-question/ ䷉ #Techrights #europe #corruption #epo #munich | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/26/german-media-haar-question/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 02:57:51

• The #EPO crisis is a crisis which affects everyone in #Europe ; while the EPO pockets billions of euros by breaking the #law the workers (i.e. those who do all the actual work under intense pressure which grows over time) see their rewards shrinking and shrinking; it’s “class plunder”, nothing less, nothing more… http://techrights.org/2021/12/26/epo-class-conflict/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 02:58:35

• Custom screen saver with #XSecureLock ⚓ https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2021-xsecurelock ䷉ #vincentBernat #gnu #linux #freesw    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 02:59:30

• In a matter of hours #tuxmachines will have posted its 160,000th node. Hurrah!    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 03:01:12

• #OpenEmbedded -related blog posts https://bkhome.org/news/202112/openembedded-related-blog-posts.html Barry from #puppylinux and #easyOS blogs a lot this year... #gnu #linux    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 03:04:32

• Belgian #Railway Time For Your Home https://hackaday.com/2021/12/26/belgian-railway-time-for-your-home/ #belgium    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 03:53:45

• Support the #GreensParty of #PapuaNewGuinea https://howiehawkins.us/papua-new-guinea/ #png #realLeft    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 03:54:55

• Equitable IP entity #Optic153 #patent likely invalid https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/12/21/equitable-ip-entity-optic153s-patent-likely-invalid #ptab #uspto #fakepatents    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 03:55:37

• #germany warping #de economy into a #litigation economy https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/people-and-business/lars-meinhardt-is-new-presiding-judge-at-higher-regional-court-munich/ #patents #epo    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 03:56:26

• BREAKING: #EPO Board of Appeal finds no legal basis for the requirement to amend the description in line with the claims (T 1989/18) http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/breaking-board-of-appeal-finds-no-legal.html these are invalid tribunals http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 03:57:31

• #Techrights Bulletin for Sunday, December 26, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:06:10

• #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:06:32

• Tux Machines at 160,000 Nodes • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159591 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:18:13

• #UGOOS UT8 PRO - An RK3358 TV box with 8GB RAM, 64GB storage • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159592 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:23:54

• "Petitioner #TVAzteca failed to establish a prima facie case of abandonment based on its pleaded claim of nonuse during the three-year period immediately preceding the filing of the petition to cancel." http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/uspto-issues-examination-guide-1-21.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:25:28

• There is no UPC. You cannot opt in. But charlatans and liars who promote something illegal already pretend you need to opt out (from something that does not even exist and cannot legally exist) https://www.dyoung.com/en/knowledgebank/faqs-and-guides/faq-upc-opt-out see http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/captured-media-telling-lies/ #unitarypatent    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:27:26

• This headline is intentionally #fakenews ; they hope that repeating a lie endlessly will help a crime seem perfectly OK and legitimate https://www.carpmaels.com/here-comes-the-unitary-patent/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/Unitary_Patent / #unitarypatent #unifiedpatentcourt    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:29:35

• These self-serving #lunatics assume that endless #lobbying and #lawyering will make the concept of #patent #monopolies on life and nature (not inventions) become patentable; when the system can be corrupted and bought maybe they're right https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/12/sigma-aldrich-and-cvc-propose-preliminary-motions-in-crispr-interference-no-106132.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:31:53

• #teamUPC has a mental condition and it needs to be dealt with clinically because if you combine lunacy with political power you get destructive results http://techrights.org/2020/04/09/hogan-lovells-lies/ #unitarypatent #unifiedpatentcourt    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:33:03

• #Enlightenment 0.25 Release Brings the Flat Looks + More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159593 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:39:11

• "For example, in assessing likelihood of confusion the Board applies the "DuPont factors. See if you can match the case names listed below with the issue that each addressses" http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/ttablog-test-how-well-do-you-know-your.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:41:33

• Such #patents ought not exist at all because they curtail #competition and #innovation ; it's a tax that harms everyone http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/12/23/time-for-sep-consultations-in-uk-and-us/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:42:52

• More like book promotion, not book review, also known as "plug" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/guest-book-review-exceptions-in-eu.html #copyright #law #europe #eu    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:44:01

• #Microsoft #GitHub Exposé — Part XII — Life of Disorderly Conduct and Lust • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/lust-to-the-graveley/ ䷉ #Techrights #xamarin #copilot | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/27/lust-to-the-graveley/   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:08:03

• Looks like someone at #clownflare is trolling me or someone is misusing #cloudflate infra to spam me with emails asking me to add several of my domains to this MitM. Totally, totally incompetent company. The E-mails come from them; the requests originate not from me.    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:18:27

• Does #KatarinaPonjavic realise that the EPO is nowadays run by criminals who are giving awards to massive frauds? https://sarajevotimes.com/the-innovator-from-bih-received-the-highest-recognition-from-the-european-patent-office/ see http://techrights.org/2018/05/04/theranos-epo-fraud/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:23:28

• "Most of those are EPC member states or allow the extension or validation of a European Patent. Interestingly, despite Austria being an ISA only the EPO can be an ISA when Austria is the RO." https://piperpat.com/news/article/considerations-when-choosing-the-pct-international-searching-authority #epo quality: http://techrights.org/2021/12/13/quality-of-ep-or-epo-patents/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:26:44

• #watchtroll : "EPO Dismisses DABUS Patent Applications, Rules Inventor Must Be Natural Person – On Tuesday, December 21, the European #Patent Office’s (EPO) Legal Board of Appeal announced its decision to dismiss a pair of patent applications listing the artificial intelligence [sic] system #DABUS as the sole inventor"    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:27:32

• Who 'owns' the "Sky"? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/cafc-affirms-ttabs-dismissal-of-sky.html see http://techrights.org/wiki/Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Federal_Circuit_%28CAFC%29    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:29:01

• #dolby is #blackmailing #gnu #linux distros using #swpats and many such patents are fake https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/12/21/another-dolby-hevcav1-patent-challenged-successfully-in-china see http://techrights.org/2020/11/19/patent-trolling-dolby/ @zoobab    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:30:00

• You can really see that #gulag has released some of its Gulag (Google) labour to holiday... as #googlenews is being overrun by spam. They rely on some (minimal) level of human curation. In addition to the #censorship ...    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:31:25

• It’s not terribly hard to see why #BalabhadraGraveley has deleted his accounts, as did #NatFriedman , who also lost his coveted • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/lust-to-the-graveley/ ䷉ #xamarin #microsoft #github | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/27/lust-to-the-graveley/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:32:55

• Pi-Hole the Easy Way - CubicleNate’s Techpad ⚓ https://cubiclenate.com/2021/12/26/pi-hole-the-easy-way/ ䷉ #cubiclenate #raspi #gnu #linux #hardware    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:33:38

• #microsoft -funded 'analyst' on #miguelDeIcaza and #natFriedman ... "On diversity of platforms, code and humans" https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2016/11/25/microsoft-connect-on-diversity-of-platforms-code-and-humans/ what diversity? This??? http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/lust-to-the-graveley/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:39:31

• "Microsoft is a client and paid T&E for the event." Read: #microsoft bribes me to write, as an "analyst", about how much it loves "diversity"... Yes, people who assault women are included http://techrights.org/2021/12/20/github-violence-against-women/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:40:55

• Laura De Icaza (yes, connection) <3 #natFriedman of #microsoft https://www.flickr.com/photos/lauradeicaza/156079982/in/photostream/ see http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/lust-to-the-graveley/ #miguelDeIcaza    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:43:28

• Some idiots who left comments over a decade ago said #miguelDeIcaza was gay. He's not. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lauradeicaza/151555788/in/photostream/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:47:47

• Did Noam #chomsky know that #miguelDeIcaza was working for oligarchs? https://www.flickr.com/photos/lauradeicaza/126690067/in/photostream/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:49:16

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159594 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 05:55:51

• #billBC : "The Office for National Statistics estimated - using its weekly random testing programme - that 1.74 million people, or one in 35, had coronavirus seven days ago. But that was before last week's big increase in the daily counts, which are based on positive results in tests." #covid19 #coronavirus http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/12/26/bbc-coronavirus-jabs-misinformation/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:02:05

• Gee, I wonder if the spread of #covid19 has something to do with fully-occupied #football stadiums... or the 20+ million Brits who don't take jabs and stay home instead. #billBC itself has admitted that jabs don't reduce infectiousness (anymore).    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:03:23

• My Top 5 Favorite Linux Apps That I Discovered in 2021 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159595 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:04:16

• "First, unmitigated transmission will disproportionately affect unvaccinated children and young people who have already suffered greatly. Official UK Government data show that as of July 4, 2021, 51% of the total UK population have been fully vaccinated and 68% have been partially vaccinated." http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/07/20/mass-infection/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:04:51

• This was correct (it did happen): "likely that we will need further restrictions or lockdowns in the autumn." http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/07/20/mass-infection/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:06:03

• #uk #tories policy in a nutshell: COVID4ALL. We want you all to be infected. That's our strategy. BECAUSE "THE ECONOMY" (oligarchs' wealth depends on endless spendings, which are inversely 'beneficial' to nature, the environment).    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:07:54

• I think that @FOSSpatents needs to do #selfhosting instead of a bunch of #GAFAM garbage, which isn't just a #privacy violation but technically inferior; moreover, they can cease (dis)service at any time, as Gulag Inc. did http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/due-to-bug-mid-november-post-got-sent.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:13:55

• "26 years after the movie was released, the Danish courts might finally have caught up with Keyser Söze. At least the character plays a central part in a ruling from November 2021 from the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/guest-post-can-keyser-soze-elude-danish.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:15:07

• #microsoft #patentTroll still attacks the entire world http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/intellectual-ventures-partner-or.html see http://techrights.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures #patents #swpats    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:16:22

• Interesting KDE Facts and Trivia that You Should Know About • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159596 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:18:15

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159597 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:25:56

• Links 27/12/2021: #PostgreSQL-Related Project Releases, Microsoft’s #PatentTrolls Still Suing the Whole World • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/postgresql-project-releases/ ䷉ #Techrights #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/27/postgresql-project-releases/   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:28:32

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159598 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 06:28:53

• ● NEWS ● ☞ random: use BLAKE2s instead of SHA1 in extraction https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random.git/commit/?id=58655cccf3d68aea2127bfe226cd5f50afb89c55    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:11:53

• ● NEWS ● #InternetArchive ☞ The lost talks from Linus Torvalds at DECUS'94 https://archive.org/details/199405-decusnew-orleans    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:12:16

• ● NEWS ● #BSD ☞ Signal Desktop on #OpenBSD via vmm(4) https://icyphox.sh/blog/signal-vmm/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:13:00

• ● NEWS ● #MailingListArchives #BSD ☞ I did not realize I was an #OpenBSD user! https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=164058491013379&w=2    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:13:11

• ● NEWS ● #freesw ☞ TK Backgrounder https://tkdocs.com/resources/backgrounder.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:14:22

• ● [Old] ● ☞ Tips for reading web standards https://emilymstark.com/2021/03/14/tips-for-reading-web-standards.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:15:31

• ● [Old] ● #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ What's in a blue checkmark? https://emilymstark.com/2021/10/22/whats-in-a-blue-checkmark.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:16:15

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Privacy ☞ Urban Indians set to make their homes smarter in 2022 https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet-of-things/urban-indians-set-to-make-their-homes-smarter-in-2022/88514941    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:16:25

• ● NEWS ● #Confidentiality ☞ When a web PKI certificate won't cut it https://emilymstark.com/2021/12/24/when-a-web-pki-certificate-wont-cut-it.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:16:56

• ● NEWS ● #Medforth ☞ Islamists terrorise Muslim and non-Muslim pupils and teachers at schools in #Berlin , #Germany https://medforth.biz/islamists-terrorise-muslim-and-non-muslim-pupils-and-teachers-at-schools-in-berlin-germany/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:47:48

• ● NEWS ● #dawn #pk #pakistanMedia ☞ #Taliban govt scraps Afghan #election commission https://www.dawn.com/news/1665848/taliban-govt-scraps-afghan-election-commission    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:48:04

• ● NEWS ● #SydneyMorningHerald #au ☞ Sutherland man arrested on Christmas Eve over alleged terror attack plans https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sutherland-man-arrested-over-alleged-isis-propaganda-on-christmas-eve-20211224-p59jz5.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:48:26

• ● NEWS ● #RTL #Energy ☞ #Climate crisis puts oil in the crosshairs, but dependence persists https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1838389.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:50:00

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #Energy ☞ #Miami wants to become [cryptocurency]'s financial capital. New York's response? Bring it on https://text.npr.org/1063578188    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:50:14

• ● NEWS ● #TheTelegraphUK #Energy ☞ How #Bitcoin miners are exploiting cheap electricity in Siberian 'cryptocurrency allotments' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/12/22/bitcoin-miners-exploiting-cheap-electricity-siberian-cryptocurrency/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:51:54

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg ☞ #Iceland Cuts Power to Industry, Turns Away New #Bitcoin Miners https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-07/iceland-reduces-power-to-heavy-users-denies-bitcoin-miners    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:52:07

• ● [Old] ● #Energy ☞ #Bitcoin Mining Breathes Life into Zombie #Coal Plants https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/bitcoin-mining-breathes-life-into-zombie-coal-plants/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:52:40

• ● NEWS ● #dawn #pk #pakistanMedia #ImranKhan ☞ PM shares rare #snowleopard footage https://www.dawn.com/news/1665843/pm-shares-rare-snow-leopard-footage    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:53:32

• ● NEWS ● #RFERL #Overpopulation ☞ #Iran Condom Ban Sparks Fears Of Disease, Unwanted Pregnancies, And A Black Market https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-condom-ban-sparks-fears-of-disease-unwanted-pregnancies-and-a-black-market/31621377.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:54:02

• ● NEWS ● #duvaR #Erdogan ☞ President #Erdoğan has only brought #poverty to #Turkey , numbers show https://www.duvarenglish.com/president-recep-tayyip-erdogan-and-the-akp-have-only-brought-poverty-to-turkey-numbers-show-news-59945    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:57:27

• ● NEWS ● #France24 #turkey ☞ Lira plunges again after #Erdogan cites #Islam to defend rate cuts https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211220-lira-plunges-again-after-erdogan-cites-islam-to-defend-rate-cuts    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:57:37

• ● NEWS ● #TheAfricaReport ##turkey #Erdogan ☞ Nigeria places Erdogan’s enemies on #surveillance in exchange for Turkey’s military assistance https://www.theafricareport.com/159327/nigeria-places-erdogans-enemies-on-surveillance-in-exchange-for-turkeys-military-assistance/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 09:57:50

• ● NEWS ● #ABC #china #Censorship ☞ More #Tiananmen massacre memorials removed in #HongKong https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/tiananmen-massacre-memorials-removed-hong-kong-81928205    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:00:08

• ● NEWS ● #WCCFTech #Censorship ☞ Steam Global Domain Appears to Be Banned in #China https://wccftech.com/steam-global-domain-is-now-banned-in-china/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:01:49

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Censorship ☞ The global version of Steam appears to be banned in #China https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/25/22853520/steam-global-china-banned    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:02:09

• ● NEWS ● #TechTimes #Censorship ☞ Steam Global Faces Ban in China; Chinese Version Available Only with 103 Games in Its Library https://www.techtimes.com/articles/269777/20211226/steam-global-faces-ban-china-chinese-version-available-103-games.htm    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:08:23

• ● NEWS ● #Medforth #Censorship ☞ After the cross of Notre-Dame de la Garde on the New Year’s card of Marseille’s city hall was erased by the Islamist-Stalinist city government, the opposition protests https://medforth.biz/after-the-cross-of-notre-dame-de-la-garde-on-the-new-years-card-of-marseilles-city-hall-was-erased-by-the-islamist-stalinist-city-government-the-opposition-protests/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:08:38

• My Year as a #DigitalVegan — Part II — Impact of a ’COVID Year’ • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/article-on-digital-rights-in-2021-part-2/ ䷉ #Techrights #Education #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/27/article-on-digital-rights-in-2021-part-2/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:10:29

• #rc3 2021 fahrplan https://rc3.world/2021/public_fahrplan    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:12:55

• 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 #IRC Proceedings: Sunday, December 26, 2021 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/irc-log-261221/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/27/irc-log-261221/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:37:27

• ● NEWS ● #MonitorUG #ksa ☞ #Uganda maid dies in #Egypt two years after travelling to #SaudiArabia https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/ugandan-maid-dies-in-egypt-two-years-after-travelling-to-saudi-arabia--3660448    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:51:34

• ● NEWS ● #RFERL ☞ #Iran Executes Kurdish Man Despite International Appeals, Rights Activists Say https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-execution-kurdish-prisoner/31617412.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:51:43

• Dr. #AndyFarnell shares his experiences from this past year; he focuses on what it’s like to be an educator in these troubling times with mass adoption of troubling new ‘tech’ • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/article-on-digital-rights-in-2021-part-2/ ䷉ #Techrights #privacy #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/27/article-on-digital-rights-in-2021-part-2/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:52:56

• Very disappointing stuff in #fosslinux lately (the Web site). Now a bunch of .NET crap, last week also it let me down. Not really FOSS, not really Linux, and gradually becoming a disturbing pattern I already saw in other sites called "FOSS" something (pushing #ProprietarySoftware instead)    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:56:13

• Not entirely sure what the best approach is, convincing sites to stay on the right track without offending some authors. A subtle approach is needed to get results, but it's never easy because people take everything "personal"...    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:57:49

• #spotify ... #discord ... .NET... come on, if you call the site #fosslinux don't do #ProprietarySoftware Linux without first renaming the site (ProprietarySoftwareLinux?) https://www.fosslinux.com/feed    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 10:59:55

• What Jim #zemlin did: enumerated a bunch of things #linuxfoundation did this year, What Jim Zemlin did NOT do: said that this coming year he would ACTUAL USE Linux. #hypocrite #zemlinPAC #entryism #monopolies    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:07:40

• ● [Old] ● #openDemocracy ☞ I travelled around #Taliban -controlled #Afghanistan . This is what I saw https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/i-travelled-around-taliban-controlled-afghanistan-this-is-what-i-saw/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:10:33

• ● NEWS ● #NDTV #pakistan ☞ Pak Court Allows Minor Christian Girl Who Converted To Islam To Go With Parents https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pak-court-allows-minor-christian-girl-who-converted-to-islam-to-go-with-parents-2666045    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:10:44

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews #Afghanistan #asia ☞ #Taliban Further Restrict Afghan Women With New Travel Rules https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-further-restrict-afghan-women-with-new-travel-rules/6370936.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:11:19

• ● NEWS ● #RTL #Afghanistan ☞ No trips for Afghan women unless escorted by male relative: Taliban https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1838440.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:11:27

• ● NEWS ● #Reuters #jp ☞ #Japan to pay companies to keep sensitive #patents secret- Nikkei https://www.reuters.com/technology/japan-pay-companies-keep-sensitive-patents-secret-nikkei-2021-12-25/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:13:23

• ● NEWS ● #NDTV #Patents ☞ Japan To Pay Firms To Keep Sensitive Patents Secret: Report https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/japan-to-pay-firms-to-keep-sensitive-patents-secret-report-2671802    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:13:41

• ● NEWS ● #Nikkei #Patents ☞ Hush money: Japan to pay companies to keep sensitive patents secret https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Hush-money-Japan-to-pay-companies-to-keep-sensitive-patents-secret    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:14:01

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Amazon, Lee Child & John Grisham Win $7.8m Judgment Against eBook Pirates https://torrentfreak.com/amazon-lee-child-john-grisham-win-7-8m-judgment-against-ebook-pirates-211226/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:15:07

• ● NEWS ● #RobertReich ☞ Staying hopeful in turbulent times https://robertreich.org/post/671655305360310272    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:15:41

• ● NEWS ● #EFF #Censorship ☞ 2021 Was the Year Lawmakers Tried to Regulate Online Speech https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/2021-was-year-lawmakers-tried-regulate-online-speech and the year @eff removed its co-founder: http://techrights.org/2021/11/05/not-the-frontier-anymore/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:16:48

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Finance ☞ How the U.S. Government Was Sold to a #HedgeFund https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/26/how-the-u-s-government-was-sold-to-a-hedge-fund/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:17:41

• #rc3 https://streaming.media.ccc.de/rc3/ https://rc3.world/2021/public_fahrplan    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:18:03

• Notice how #eff now shies away from its "partnership" with a #fraud called #duckduckgo (probably just another paid-for endorsement) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/we-encrypted-web-2021-year-review see http://techrights.org/2021/03/15/duckduckgo-in-2021/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:21:52

• #eff after one co-founder died and another was removed: #microsoft OK!!! RMS BAD!! http://techrights.org/2021/04/16/eff-rogue/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:23:44

• FOUSESQUAWK: France: Woman Tries to Crash Her Car Into Other Vehicles ⚓ https://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2021/12/france-woman-tries-to-crash-her-car.html ䷉ #garyfouse    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:24:53

• Shame on #helsinkitimes doing "bill sez" fluff for #famouscriminal #billgates ... will Helsinki Times also do pieces about the real Gates? Or just paid-for fluff? http://techrights.org/2020/09/28/non-denying-and-false-denials/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:26:28

• #greenwashing of yet another #pollution source (also a #mining threat) https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/26/top-six-reasons-be-happy-about-electric-vehicles-us-2022    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:27:35

• ● NEWS ● #FOSSForce ☞ New Year’s Eve Rally in Boston to Support Julian Assange https://fossforce.com/2021/12/new-years-eve-rally-in-boston-to-support-julian-assange/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:28:03

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Finance ☞ Businesses Have Manufactured #Inflation Fear to Protect Profits Amid Rising Wages https://truthout.org/articles/businesses-have-manufactured-inflation-fear-to-protect-profits-amid-rising-wages/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:29:29

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Nurses' Union Slams #CDC Guidance Shortening Isolation Period for Healthcare Workers With #Covid19 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/26/nurses-union-slams-cdc-guidance-shortening-isolation-period-healthcare-workers-covid    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:30:47

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Tutu ☞ Desmond Tutu, Fierce Opponent of South African and Israeli Apartheid, Dies at 90 https://truthout.org/articles/desmond-tutu-fierce-opponent-of-south-african-and-israeli-apartheid-dies-at-90/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:31:08

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | The Poor People's Campaign: 'Our Deadline is Victory' https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/26/poor-peoples-campaign-our-deadline-victory    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:32:50

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Varoufakis ☞ Can we Fix Capitalism? #YanisVaroufakis vs Gillian Tett https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/26/can-we-fix-capitalism-yanis-varoufakis-vs-gillian-tett/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:33:16

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Ten Predictions For the Year Ahead in Labor https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/26/ten-predictions-year-ahead-labor    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:33:39

• 10 Best Linux FTP Clients in 2022 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159599 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:33:59

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Uranium #radiation ☞ #Navajo Organizers and Miners Are Fighting for Compensation for Uranium Exposure https://truthout.org/articles/navajo-organizers-and-miners-are-fighting-for-compensation-for-uranium-exposure/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:34:50

• #idg is #microsoft -funded crap and sponsored "brand" pieces (read: Webspam!) https://www.pcworld.com/article/443089/best-free-software-for-pc.html iophk: free as in beer, not free as in freedom; pushing M$ crap anyway;    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:36:19

• #idg now has a spam section for #microsoft (is that what Microsoft gets for buying ads? For basically passing money to the publisher?) https://www.computerworld.com/uk/blog/the-microsoft-patch-lady/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:38:34

• #economictimes or #indiatimes publishing #microsoft spam dressed as an article; the very culprits, responsible for back doors, botnets and worse... now spun as #security experts. https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-security/5-trends-that-will-shape-cybersecurity-threat-landscape-in-2022/88515089 see http://techrights.org/2021/12/21/the-microsoft-shuffle-making-ones-own-products-intentionally-defective/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:40:51

• The #propagandamill of #patent #litigation zealots (yes, #managingip is exactly that!) is promoting #patents instead of working to advance public health https://www.managingip.com/article/b1slqgb1937d4w/a-closer-look-at-japans-desirable-patent-system-in-the-era-of-covid-19    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:41:57

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Africa #Tutu ☞ Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Defender of Human Rights in #SouthAfrica and Beyond, Dies at 90 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/26/archbishop-desmond-tutu-defender-human-rights-south-africa-and-beyond-dies-90    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:43:44

• #KiCad 6.0.0 released with revamped user interface, thousands of changes • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159600 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:44:21

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Intuit Mailchimp • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159601 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:44:53

• #linuxfoundation is junkyard for #freesw communities and incubator for #pentagon connected (and taxpayer-funded) abusive #monopolies ... in essence passing the Commons to 'Agents of Empire'. It should quit using "Linux" in its name. It tarnishes the brand. http://techrights.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:47:04

• Maui Shell is a convergent desktop for Linux phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159602 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:47:31

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Control of House Up in Air as More Dems Say They Won't Seek Reelection in 2022 https://truthout.org/articles/control-of-house-up-in-air-as-more-dems-say-they-wont-seek-reelection-in-2022/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:48:40

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #religion ☞ Are U.S. Charities Backing #Hindu #Nationalism ? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/26/are-u-s-charities-backing-hindu-nationalism/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:49:10

• #religion = #politics with fictional holy books to justify the more radical elements of the politics    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:49:52

• #Covid19 #vaccine and mask mandates expose Christian hypocrisy ⚓ https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/covid-vaccine-mask-mandates-expose-christian-hypocrisy-ncna1286522 ䷉ #nbcnews    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:50:34

• #MEGATRON symptoms https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/omicron-symptoms-covid-what-to-know-rcna9469    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:51:17

• US #church founded in 1800 holds last service - ABC News ⚓ https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/peace-us-church-founded-1800-holds-service-81945723 ䷉ #abcnews    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:51:54

• #imrankhan #taliban https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/pakistan-news/imran-khan-defends-taliban-at-oic-says-every-societys-human-and-womens-rights-different.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:52:42

• Half of the newborns in 2020 had a mother of Belgian origin https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail_la-moitie-des-nouveaux-nes-de-2020-avaient-une-mere-d-origine-belge?id=10899923    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:54:42

• How to use #email https://mastodon.technology/@rysiek/107511184639295919    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:55:18

• Anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond #Tutu dead at 90 https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1838437.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:55:49

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Manchin ☞ Opinion | An Open Letter to Senator Manchin: Build Back Better Is Consequential to Black Women's Mental Health https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/26/open-letter-senator-manchin-build-back-better-consequential-black-womens-mental    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:56:31

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #DonaldBiden ☞ A Year in, #Biden Hasn’t Fulfilled Promise to Repair Refugee Resettlement Program https://truthout.org/articles/a-year-in-biden-hasnt-fulfilled-promise-to-repair-refugee-resettlement-program/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:57:05

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Envisioning a World With No Bosses https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/26/envisioning-a-world-with-no-bosses/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:57:28

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | The Age of Discontent: What Drives the Rising Wave of World Protests? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/26/age-discontent-what-drives-rising-wave-world-protests    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:57:52

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Parents With Disabilities Face Medicare Rules That Exclude Parental Assistance https://truthout.org/articles/parents-with-disabilities-face-medicare-rules-that-exclude-parental-assistance/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 11:58:17

• #Enlightenment 0.25 Released With Improvements To This Lightweight Window Manager • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159603 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:00:52

• #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159604 #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:03:06

• Orange Pi 3 LTS is as $35 single-board PC with Allwinner H6, 2GB RAM, 8GB storage http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159503#comment-32310   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:11:45

• Links 27/12/2021: BLAKE2s, #KiCad 6.0.0, and Orange Pi 3 LTS • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/orange-pi-3-lts/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/27/orange-pi-3-lts/   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:35:33

• #OpenBSD Picks • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159605 #BSD #UNIX #TuxMachines    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:35:55

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159606 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:36:21

• Who gives a FUNK what "twitter" says? It's just a #censorship and #propaganda engine disguised of falsely advertised as a source of information... https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-eish/2948982/helen-zille-twitter-ubuntu-bogus/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:40:57

• 2021: A year of standing for your digital rights in courts ⚓ https://internetfreedom.in/2021-lit-year-review/ ䷉ #internetfreedom #india #in    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:43:05

• #Linux 5.16 is great news for AMD Ryzen users, massive performance boosts incoming http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159532#comment-32313   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:44:52

• 5 ways open source software transformed business in 2021 | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/21/12/open-source-software-business ䷉ #FreeSW #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:47:10

• "Stay up to date on trends" or, in the case of #ibm #redhat , drop substance and name-drop buzzwords instead https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/12/digital-transformation-4-tips-2022    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:48:42

• Very timely for #ibm #redhat because, according to insiders, there's an exodus of talented people (also many managers) and layoffs https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/12/8-new-rules-winning-it-talent-war e.g. http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/ibm-layoffs-in-marketing/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:50:17

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159607 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:56:01

• Reminder that #Microsoft 's #patent #extortion person, who fought against #GNU / #Linux by extortion, is now at Spotify http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/mixed-news-for-apple-app-store-accusers.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 12:56:38

• #Lawyers celebrate nations that shame themselves by showing their ignorance. #Patent maximalists don't care about the law, only money. https://www.dennemeyer.com/ip-blog/news/south-africa-and-australia-tackle-ai-inventorship-in-patents/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:00:52

• ">With the introduction of the Industrial Property Law ("IPL"), the "proof of use" practice, which is applied in EUIPO and many countries" https://www.mondaq.com/turkey/trademark/1134794/the-required-evidence-regarding-proof-of-use-in-trademark-matters #EUIPO = #corruption http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:01:56

• No, Bristows. #Patents are assigned or held (temporarily), not owners. https://inquisitiveminds.bristows.com/post/102hb9o/uk-patent-joint-ownership-a-reminder-of-the-importance-of-joint-ownership-agreem #BristowsLLP http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Bristows_LLP    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:03:57

• Those are not the facts, this is shameless marketing for oneself. #Patents are for implementations, not ideas. https://www.dennemeyer.com/ip-blog/news/can-you-patent-an-idea-get-the-facts/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:05:18

• Misleading from Bristows. It's not about mRNA but about 'stealing' from taxpayers; they helped fund this research and some raiders now want to privatise it all with #patents https://www.bristows.com/news/spotlight-on-mrna-ip-landscape/ http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Bristows_LLP    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:09:03

• Each year for the past ~20 years it has felt like companies gradually reduce holidays to less and less and less time off work. And this year they seem to have reduced #xmas to just some "weekend off work" (i.e. nothing) and will do the same with NYE. We need UNIONS!    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:12:06

• #Fedora and IBM/Red Hat Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159608 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:19:42

• STOP! Watch this video BEFORE you switch to GNU/Linux! - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=tDRjxcCKksU ䷉ #video #invidious #gnu #linux    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:20:49

• #GNU #Linux Action News 221: "We kick off our annual predictions episode with what we got right and wrong this year and then attempt to predict what will happen in 2022." https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/147107/linux-action-news-221/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:21:44

• Shite advice. Get off #macOS and all #apple things to begin with. Apple doesn't value your #privacy and it's actively spying for itself, too (ask its own staff!!). It's state and corporate #surveillance https://kifarunix.com/top-macos-security-features-to-safeguard-your-data-and-privacy/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:22:57

• "The modern smartphone is a marvel of" #surveillance https://hackaday.com/2021/12/27/diving-the-depths-of-ma-bell/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:25:59

• #VLC 3.0.12 with #Qt5 GUI compiled ⚓ https://bkhome.org/news/202112/vlc-3012-with-qt5-gui-compiled.html ䷉ #bkhome | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/27/#latest    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:27:25

• LOL. #intel has outsourced #SoundOpenFirmware to #microsoft #proprietarySoftware ... so much for "Open". Intel is going down the drain. http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:34:14

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159609 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:34:51

• Maximum Throughput Benchie https://hackaday.com/2021/12/26/maximum-throughput-benchie/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:35:39

• $1.8 XT-ZB1 Zigbee & BLE devkit features BL702 #RISCV module - CNX Software ⚓ https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/12/27/xt-zb1-zigbee-ble-devkit-bl702-risc-v-module/ ䷉ #Linux #GNU #Hardware #cnxsoftware    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 13:37:22

• Accepting that browsers for hypertext are for browsing hypertext, not manage images, play videos etc. https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007734.html #www = bloat. Don't make ANOTHER Web. Replace the crap it became, running arbitrary programs when you just visit a page.    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 14:08:49

• Steinar H. Gunderson: USB-C shenanigans http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2021-12-27-14-31_usb_c_shenanigans.html #usb #hardware    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 14:09:50

• #ibm and #microsoft say, "don't say MASTER!" It's racist. Today in a mouthpiece of IBM and Microsoft (paid by both to issue puff pieces): "Master your server..." (yes, bloody hypocrites with double standards) https://www.techrepublic.com/article/master-your-server-with-these-7-informative-resources/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 14:12:37

• Don't forget. At #microsoft you cannot say "master" (apparently; it's RACIST!) but when you're a manager you can masturbate in your office in front of employees (true story; not making this up!)    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 14:14:05

• #Backdoors have crept into #proprietarysoftware at all levels, but #SJVN participates in the phony narratives wherein the problem (security-wise) is the alternative to such software. #zdnet is shite. http://techrights.org/wiki/ZDNet    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 15:57:45

• xkcd: Confounding Variables ⚓ https://xkcd.com/2560/ ䷉ #xkcd    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 15:58:24

• The late Tutu was totally into #ubuntu (not the distro) https://newsone.com/4266455/archbishop-desmond-tutu-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 15:58:57

• "The Apache community has had another great week..." https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-weekly-news-round6    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:01:06

• "Technology moves quickly these days as consumers continue to demand more data and more pixels. We see regular updates to standards for USB and RAM continually coming down the pipeline as the quest for greater performance goes on." https://hackaday.com/2021/12/27/the-label-says-hdmi-2-1-but-that-doesnt-mean-youll-get-it/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:01:46

• #Perl Weekly Challenge 145: Dot Product http://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2021/12/perl-weekly-challenge-145-dot-product.html #programming    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:02:45

• When #linuxfoundation BUYS media coverage (fluff/puff pieces) it's not for #linux but for its sponsors, e.g. #microsoft and #intel so, IOW, it's like a money-laundering operation for media #bribery    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:05:20

• "So far in this introductory series to the Python #programming language, we’ve learned some pretty cool basic #Python tricks. We’ve learned what makes the language special, learned about the Python console and used variables, and learned how to accept input from users." https://thenewstack.io/yet-more-python-for-beginners-saving-input-to-a-file/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:05:59

• When you compete against or battle with today's tech #monopolies you not only compete with them on technical terms (they have broader reach, higher R&D budget) but also with their bribed media, which they keep paying to NOT mention you and to write ads for them... disguised as 'journalism'. This ought to change. Or get exposed more habitually.    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:07:50

• This is a new example of EPO puff pieces; they seem to find plenty of time for such fluff and never mention EPO corruption (they used to, but then EPO threatened writers and got rid of them) https://www.worldipreview.com/article/epo-opposition-statistics-a-five-year-review http://techrights.org/wiki/EPO    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:11:21

• #EPO has a habit of promoting frauds using this reward https://www.shethepeople.tv/top-stories/opinion/women-in-science-2021-roundup/ see http://techrights.org/2018/05/04/theranos-epo-fraud/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:12:02

• This has nothing to do with #science , nothing to do with #innovation , and it is a symptom of what became of the #patent system; it's about #monopolies and their #litigation firms, nothing else https://www.natlawreview.com/article/benefits-and-considerations-patent-prosecution-under-patent-prosecution-highway    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:14:23

• Cute #cat talking to me for a long time has a lot to say - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=E7asMjHIG60    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:17:22

• "Smooth silk touch" http://www.engrish.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/lace-stockings.jpg    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:18:10

• #GreenParty Activists: End Covid Vaccine Patents to End “Vaccine Apartheid” https://howiehawkins.us/release-green-party-activists-end-covid-vaccine-patents-to-end-vaccine-apartheid/ #DonaldBiden mum on this issue again. Was he 'bought'? #patent #patents    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:20:05

• BREAKING: #InterDigital announces 4G, 5G, #HEVC #patent lawsuits against high-volume smartphone maker OPPO and its OnePlus, realme affiliates in UK, India, Germany http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/breaking-interdigital-announces-4g-5g.html #swpats too. http://techrights.org/2018/03/04/interdigital-and-technicolor/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:20:49

• It is wrong to say that #linuxfoundation isn't helping #freesw activists. It's ACTIVELY ATTACKING them.    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:21:56

• Somnetimes the so-called #linuxfoundation is even attacking the people who made #linux http://techrights.org/2021/11/21/sending-linus-torvalds-to-therapists/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:22:48

• There is no such thing as "Hey Hi"; corrupt #EPO management is infatuated with -- and helps spread -- buzzwords, misnomers, and hype https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211221.html see http://techrights.org/2021/03/21/hey-hi-at-the-epo/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:24:19

• #epo = #organisedCrime http://techrights.org/wiki/EPO it wasn't always like this. #europe #patents #corruption    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:24:55

• #fakepatents being tossed out is always good news. Always was, always is. https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/christmas-patent-invalid.html see http://techrights.org/2017/08/30/attacks-on-ptab-intensify/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:26:04

• #techrights will be writing about #5g and #2fa soon. Lots of #misinformation on those topics, so #factchecking needed and clearer explanation/s.    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:27:03

• The #web isn't dying. It's already dead. Now we have something that's called #javascript (Yes! Even #DRM !) and sometimes it may have some pages associated with it. Sometimes... #www #crap    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:28:41

• #geminiProtocol is what the #web was supposed to be and remain. #www #geminispace #internet    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:29:19

• #greenwashing + #patent #monopolies on top = a MORE polluted world https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-releases/2911-tsx-venture/nbm/113133-korean-intellectual-property-office-issues-core-patent-for-neo-battery-materials-silicon-anodes-for-high-performance-lithium-ion-batteries.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:39:53

• #Patent #litigation firm #potterclarkson spreads lies, in order to 'shame' the market into giving it more money. #EPO is Germany-centric, so you cannot judge the #UK based on how many Brits go to some highly corrupt office in #Germany for a patent of dubious legitimacy https://www.potterclarkson.com/insights/is-the-uk-bad-at-rd/ see http://techrights.org/2021/12/13/quality-of-ep-or-epo-patents/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:42:10

• #Kernel Articles: Intel, Motorola, and AMD • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159610 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 16:43:51

• Later today #techrights will cover #2fa and #5g ... two wildly and widely misunderstood topics    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:19:34

• #GWorkspace 1.0 (stable) released on 24 December 2021 https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gworkspace #freesw #gnu    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:27:16

• #facebook ITSELF is a scam https://www.maketecheasier.com/common-facebook-marketplace-scams/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:29:04

• Why I stopped publishing end-of-year most-read lists https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/most-copied.html #DanielAleksandersen    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:30:58

• RapidDisk 8.0.1 now available http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159402#comment-32314   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:32:43

• #rC3 2021: Now Here, Nowhere https://hackaday.com/2021/12/27/rc3-2021-now-here-nowhere/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:33:58

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159611 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:38:42

• #LibreOffice 7.3 RC1 is available for testing • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159612 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:40:28

• #MauiShell is a Beautiful Vision for the Future of Linux http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159602#comment-32315   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:41:07

• Bloop https://i.redd.it/g4nlp1k086581.jpg    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:44:28

• Surveys https://i.redd.it/rfst1xz0a8381.jpg    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:45:20

• Links 27/12/2021: #RapidDisk 8.0.1 and #LibreOffice 7.3 RC1 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/libreoffice-7-3-rc1/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/27/libreoffice-7-3-rc1/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:50:15

• #Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159613 #TuxMachines    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:52:03

• #Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159614 #TuxMachines    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:52:13

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159615 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:52:23

• #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159616 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:54:33

• Orange Pi 3 slims down in new LTS version http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159503#comment-32316   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 17:56:30

• #TURKPATENT handing out #trademarks in #turkey https://www.mondaq.com/turkey/trademark/1142680/madrid-e-filing-now-available-to-applicants-in-turkey check who runs TURKPATENT: http://techrights.org/2021/10/31/habip-asan-turkpatent/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 18:05:40

• #Softwarepatents denied, but #BardehlePagenberg (or Patrick Heckeler in this case) keeps looking for sneaky new ways to pass them through an already profoundly compromised #EPO https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/preventing-payment-in-case-of-an-incorrect-amount-entered-by-a-customer-non-technical/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/Software_Patents_in_Europe    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 18:08:40

• Scottish media taken over by #patent fanatics and profiteers who disguise #fakepatents like #softwarepatents using buzzwords like "Hey Hi" and "Medical Technology (MedTech)" https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/as-ai-powers-more-and-more-medical-technology-dont-overlook-patenting-tim-hargreaves-rhona-muir-3497421 see http://techrights.org/2019/04/08/software-as-a-medical-device-samd-like-medtech-at-the-epo-just-another-dodge-for-illegitimate-software-patents/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 18:11:00

• Kernel prepatch 5.16-rc7 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159588#comment-32317   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 18:13:32

• #LibreOffice 7.3 RC1 Available For Testing This Open-Source Office Suite http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159612#comment-3   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 18:14:41

• #microsoft : #linux is not secure. Also Microsoft: we constantly add #backdoors to #gnu Linux instances in Azure. Latest: Azure exposed the source code of apps written in PHP and Python in Azure App Service for Linux. Also: Microsoft uses #github and NPM to send malware to Linux. I think we can see what the problem is. No wonder Azure has LAYOFFS.    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 18:17:33

• "Hector Martin, the guy behind the Linux port for Silicon Macs, announced on Twitter over the weekend that has added support for Apple Broadcom Wi-Fi chips used in T2 and M1 Macs." https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/news/apple-wi-fi-chip-support-in-linux-for-mac/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 18:19:55

• "On top of modulating the pressure on their employees with variable vendor resources, #Microsoft can also limit the quality of their products to various degrees by limiting the quality of their environment elsewhere." http://techrights.org/2021/12/21/the-microsoft-shuffle-making-ones-own-products-intentionally-defective/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 18:20:56

• Robber barons https://i.imgur.com/HJ2hqQS.jpg #racism #raceBaiting #oligarchy #hateMongering #distraction   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 18:56:15

• #TwoFactor #Surveillance and #FakeSecurity Practices • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/two-factor-surveillance/ ䷉ #Techrights #2FA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/27/two-factor-surveillance/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 18:56:45

• What Real (Fact-Based) #5G and #Privacy Issues the Media Casually Distracts From • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/fact-based-5g-criticism/ ䷉ #Techrights #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/27/fact-based-5g-criticism/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 19:33:10

• #ManjaroLinux 21.2 Qonos Gnome - It’s an alright distro, but ... • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159617 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 20:53:31

• Desktop Environment Vs. Window Manager • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159618 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 20:53:50

• My 40 most favorite applications for Linux in 2021 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159619 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 20:54:08

• Loaded and ill-advised narratives have made #5G almost impenetrable to criticism (unless one wishes to be relegated to stereotypes like “paranoia” with straw man arguments), but let’s examine the actual facts and many criticisms which by far predate #COVID19 http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/fact-based-5g-criticism/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 21:01:30

• Rob’s videos have recently covered some of the reasons why “2FA is a Big Tech Scam!” and “Why This is Not About Security”; so today we want to highlight some of the issues (there’s more on that coming up tomorrow) http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/two-factor-surveillance/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 21:03:00

• #cat https://de.catbox.moe/stlp00.jpg    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 21:06:14

• It's #ProprietarySoftware controlled by #china and you should not trust its supposed "protection" https://web.archive.org/web/20211226181825/https://www.ghacks.net/2021/12/21/opera-browser-gets-paste-protection-feature/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:01:27

• #HowTo Eliminate All Screen Tearing On Linux - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=j8YDUveazWY ䷉ #video #invidious #gnu #linux    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:08:44

• ##HowTo get selected for #Outreachy internships • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159620 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:10:16

• The #GNU #Linux Community Is Not "They"! - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Ow05B7y6lbs ䷉ #video #invidious    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:12:00

• "It’s that time of year where we look back at our 2021 predictions, and make some new ones for 2022." https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-157/ #gnu #linux #latenightlinux    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:12:36

• Supporting people who attack the #FSF for personal gain? http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159620#comment-32319    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:16:27

• 10 Cool Things to do With Linux Mint • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159621 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:20:55

• 2021.52 #JDV Released - Rakudo Weekly News ⚓ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2021/12/27/2021-52-jdv-released/ ䷉ #rakudoweekly #rakulang #programming    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:21:33

• A #DIY digital clock with a twist | Arduino Blog ⚓ https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/12/27/a-diy-digital-clock-with-a-twist/ ䷉ #Arduino #Hardware #OpenHardware #Hacking | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/27/#latest    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:22:09

• This 3D-printed, Arduino-controlled kit makes microfluidic pumps more accessible | Arduino Blog ⚓ https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/12/27/this-3d-printed-arduino-controlled-kit-makes-microfluidic-pumps-more-accessible/ ䷉ #Arduino #Hardware #OpenHardware #Hacking    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:23:02

• #ipkat collaborates with liars with promote violations of the law: "IPKat and Simmons & Simmons - Retromark: the conference" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/wednesday-whimsies.html    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:26:53

• #ipkat also helps Bird and Bird spread lies about #upc ... this Bird and Bird: 1) http://techrights.org/2020/08/29/debian-threats-bird-and-bird/ 2) http://techrights.org/2020/10/08/wouter-pors-on-upc/ #unifiedpatentcourt #unitarypatent    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:28:20

• This says "he says he should own the patent rights because he owns #DABUS ." But #patents are not rights, aren't owned and so on. This helps spread lies for a troll and charlatan who provokes courts and #patent offices. https://venturebeat.com/2021/12/26/the-perks-and-pitfalls-of-creating-prolific-ai-inventors/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:30:57

• "Stephan Kinsella joins me to discuss the nature of centralized law legislated by fiat in comparison with decentralized law discovered through the observation of human action across time." https://www.stephankinsella.com/paf-podcast/kol368-legislation-vs-law-with-robert-breedlove-of-the-what-is-money-show/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:31:20

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159622 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:32:09

• Mobile Phones With #Privacy Almost an Impossibility • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/elusive-mobile-phone-with-privacy/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/27/elusive-mobile-phone-with-privacy/    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:43:00

• #China hands out literally million of junk #patents , so what's to boast about here? https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/558966914/sinusoidal-vision-technology-has-been-officially-patented-in-china    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:49:38

• #linuxmadesimple should know better than to help promote #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware #spyware like VS Code. It's malicious software; it should be treated accordingly.    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:51:44

• Last year I decided to not even link to sites which promote #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware for #gnu #linux because they clearly fail to understand Microsoft's motivations and objectives (or they don't really care about GNU/Linux)    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:54:14

• #microsoft loves Linux like #biden and #trump love elections in #venezuela    

posted Monday, December 27, 2021 at 23:55:21

• #publicdomainreview Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2021 – The Public Domain Review ⚓ https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2021/12/top-10-most-read-pieces-from-2021 ䷉    

posted Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 00:05:09